I hope that this wasn’t a dis at Nylander, and it was posted in jest … Because in the grand scheme of things this hockey game? Was just that .. A GAME! It does not take priority over the birth of a child …

Inferno HE got alot more min and ended up on the 1st line…so just stuff the Renney hate crap!! lennynyr ::: I am wondering if Hall has shownn in pratice that he can score on King or something, and good one on one and stuff, thats something we as fanst cant see SAM, do the Rangers pratice the SO in pratice, and if so dose hall look good. JAGR: im glad he wasnt in the first 3 of the SO he isnt good at it or on breakaways…he scored by using his size and strength and moveing across and ripping his shot…the rangers have much better SO guys IMHO, also some players who arnt goo5 on 5 or on the PP are good going 1 on 1 with the Netminder

Okay, so maybe Kaspar (and everyone else) looked frozen on the crosby goal, but that was exceptional. I thought he had a pretty good game, with a few nice hits. Also, his passing seemed a heck of a lot crisper than any of the other defensemen’s have been all year. For a first game back, good on him.

And, damn, the Rangers managed to squeak back in. That was a positive thing.

KASPER looked goof for sitting as long as he did…and 100% better than his last game he played. So he got beat by a kid who will be challanging for the lead leauge in points…and if a Rangers, lets say Jagr did the same thing, it would be a great move and goal by him not the other teams bad D…so just remember it was a GREAT play by Crosby, and he probably noticed who he was comeing in on, knowing he hasnt played in a while and attacked him…wouldnt shock me with a player of that skill

question should be why hall and not prucha. i actually like the cullen move there as renney was just trying to give him some confidence and see what its like putting the puck in the net, however im surprised that neither prucha nor straka was up next. hall?!?!? just weird. jagr can’t score on breakaways he knows it we all know it so why waste a shot.

The one defense of his lower ice time is that there were a lot of penalties and he didn’t see special teams time. Which I don’t think is much of a defense, because he should’ve gotten some PP time. But, I think he got a good amount of even strength for his season debut. They won a game that they looked like they were gonna lose, so I’m not going to question assignments.

I agree, Immonen should have played a bit more, but again, they won, so I’m not complaining. I’d rather take the win we have then more Immonen time and a what if. That said, I would like to see him get more ice time on Saturday, and Cullen dropped from the 2nd line to the 4th. I think Sam is a bigger threat offensively at this point.

See, Doodie, thats the problem, at least to me. This team played just terrible hockey for 40 minutes, was poorly coached for almost the entire game, and really won because of 2 really outstanding individual performances, Henrik, and Shanahan. Seriously, w/o those 2, this one is a throw away laugher.

We play like this, 9 times out of 10 we lose, and i bet 6 times out of 10 its in a blowout.

Im very unhappy about this. I tend to look more at the performance than the result, which is why im not one of the people harping on Pruchas lack of scoring. The effort and play is still there, hes just not scoring, i can live with that. but when you have poor performances compounded with poor coaching decisions compounded with wins, it actually is worse than a loss, because you get complacent, and bad habits and attitudes develop.

Id rather lose 82 games and play smart, hard, smart, physical, smart, 2-way, did i mention smart? hockey than win 82 games because of a few individual standout efforts.

Actually I found out that Cullen’s wife was also delivering so he left the game after the 5 minute overtime. The Rangers were desperate and who walks by but Sam. They grab him and suited him up in Cullen’s uniform, then sent him out there for the shootout.

Inferno, that’s noble how into smart, pure hockey you are, but get real, this isn’t a little league team or an inspirational movie. Enjoy winning, it’s not a bad thing. When was the last time 17,000 people jumped up and felt collective joy and exchanged high fives with strangers over “smart”? Enjoy Rangers wins. It’s fun.

I thought Kaspar got stronger as the game went on, he looked terrible on the Crosby goal , but looked very strong in the third and ot. Kaspar threw some punishing hits and even got a nasty crosscheck in on Cindy Crosby. Pock deserves to get in the lineup over the badly struggling Ward or Rachunek.

Chris, when someone uses the phrase, “i dont work that way” what they are trying to say is, their internal processes do not function the manner described previously. Like if someone says, hey, just cheat on your test, and i say “i dont work that way” what it means is….see, now im bordering on extreme egotism, and thats not who i am. you can say whatever stuff you want, but the way i “work” (on the inside) just doesnt allow me to be satisfied when the team i love plays like dog crap, and still wins. that doesnt work for me.

I agree, as much as i got on him over the crosby goal, he definately played better as the game went on, but his lack of foot speed is going to eventually become an issue. but as long as hes physical, and getting under peoples skin, he serves a purpose and can, and should, stay in the lineup. the problem is before, he was SO slow (and even many times tonight) that he couldnt catch up to the people to hit them. this time he punished them when they were stationary, as he should, and played a more mean, nasty game. THAT is the kaspar i want.

immonen got almost 12 minutes last night?? well then i can’t complain. its his first game of the year and he wasn’t glued to the bench all night. there were also tons of pp’s and pk’s so what can you do. renney figured why mess with all the lines keep these guys together and lets go. im glad he got the ice time he did but he is not a second line center imo though he looks like a very solid 3rd or a great 4th.